What is the difference between Coach Park Hang-seo and Coach Kiatisak?

Rematching defending champion K.League Jeonbuk in the 4th match of Group H in the group stage of the AFC Champions League 2022, HAGL is forecasted to face many difficulties. In the first half, Jeonbuk Hyundai had more dangerous situations with coherent coordination, true to the football level of a top Korean team. For example, the situation where the ball was passed to striker No. 7 Han Kyowon when there was no defender between him and the goal of HAGL team. Instead of header, he jumped and released the ball very smoothly for number 27 Moon Seon-min from line 2 to finish comfortably with his dominant instep. Luckily, the ball went over the HAGL’s bar. This is a typical situation demonstrating the application of coordination pieces in the way of handling the ball of Jeonbuk Hyundai players, because if it was an improvised situation, it would certainly be a header to finish the goal. HAGL.

The away team had several chances in the first half, and one of them scored. Starting from a very normal corner kick, with no sign of any special arrangement, the ball was hung in the 5m50 area. Player number 27 Moon Seon-min, with a height of less than 1m80, jumped to score a goal in the midst of HAGL’s very tall central defenders. Once again, HAGL’s inherent weakness, which is the uncertainty in HAGL’s defense, is revealed.

For some reason, in the second half, it seemed that the Jeonbuk Hyundai team had sagged, they could no longer put pressure on HAGL’s side, even in defense, they also showed negligence. There is a situation, defending with 5 attacking players of HAGL is only 6 defensive players Jeonbuk Hyundai.

On HAGL’s side, the most outstanding performance is the physical strength of the players. In the 90 minutes of the match, we did not notice the physical inferiority of HAGL players to their opponents. Although the weather in HCMC may have caused difficulties for the Korean players, it is also very remarkable.

In terms of attack deployment, HAGL uses a lot of central attacks, with Van Toan as the trigger. He works aggressively, effectively, directly finishes and creates opportunities for teammates. With Jeonbuk Hyundai players unable to put pressure on HAGL’s midfielders in the midfield, HAGL midfielders had conditions to coordinate attacks. There were quite a few dangerous balls created from short and medium distance passes from the bottom line for Van Toan to run straight into the opponent’s goal, and one of them was successful.

In the 62nd minute, defender Huu Tuan stole the ball from the midfield line, he passed an opponent’s player, then very politely broke Van Toan’s heart. And this time Van Toan did not miss the opportunity, equalizing 1-1 for HAGL. The goal is very valuable to Van Toan personally, it helps him regain his confidence, the feeling of scoring after nearly a year of “nothing”.

A feature of the HAGL attacking players’ style of play in this match is that they are very bold in their dribbling, from Cong Phuong, Van Toan, Minh Vuong, to Hong Duy and Van Thanh… It seems that Coach Kiatisak encouraged that. This seems to be one of the differences in thinking to operate the attacking team in the match between the two best coaches in Vietnam right now: Coach Kiatisak and Coach Park Hang-seo. While we see in Vietnam Tel, the players focus on small coordination phases, using a lot of short, quick passes. We don’t see many phases that use individual technical movements to pass people. In fact, football is a collective sport, it needs team coordination, accuracy, science and safety… But it is the situations where the ball passes over the attackers that are created by the ball. generate mutations that make a difference in the game, even though the downside is the lack of safety if the opponent steals the ball.

Another notable feature of HAGL players in this match is the lack of foreign players, except for the Korean midfielder Kim Dong Su. Striker Washington Brandao has a very good height compared to the Vietnamese players, but his skills in headers, dropping points, and jumping take up space are quite normal. Maybe that’s why we don’t see a lot of midfield passes for him to finish with his head.

The statistics after the game show that the position is relatively even between the two teams, the score 1-1 is also fair, although HAGL was able to win this match. The most remarkable thing of HAGL is that the more they kick, the more confident the players are. They improved both physically and in football. Maybe after this 2022 AFC Champions League, HAGL will show a better performance in the V.League wall.